+1 for moving up to Java7 as a build requirement. I don't see any problem.
(Just to avoid confusion, the runtime requirement will remain Java6+. We are just talking about the build requirement.)
On 07/31/2014 06:56 AM, Jesse Glick wrote:
Are people still building Jenkins core using JDK 6? I ask because it would be helpful to be able to assume 7+: · We could make use of 7+ APIs, especially java.nio.file.*, without using reflection (just guarding usage via @IgnoreJRERequirement and catching NoClassDefFoundError or the like). · http://findbugs.sourceforge.net/ 3.0.0 *allows* building with JDK 8 (otherwise you get errors running FB analysis) but *requires* building with at least 7. Of course the same considerations might apply to plugin builds.
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